Alexander Mackenzie High School is an
International Baccalaureate World School.
We offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to students
in Grades 11 and 12.
The IB Diploma Programme is a Specialized Program offered by York Region
District School Board. Five schools in the York Region District School Board
offer the IB Diploma Programme: Alexander Mackenzie High School, Bayview
Secondary School, Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School, Maple High School, and
Milliken Mills High School.
The IB is a not-for-profit foundation, motivated by its mission to create a
better world through education. The Program was founded in Geneva, Switzerland
in 1968 and as of June 2016 has grown to include 3000 World Schools offering
the Diploma Program. The Program “offers a curriculum that is broad and
balanced, conceptual and connected”. It is designed for motivated students
between the ages of 16 and 19 and promotes “healthy relationships, ethical
responsibility and personal challenge". The Program helps students to
develop “the attitudes and skills they need for both academic and personal
success.”
In York Region we traditionally invite students to apply to our Program in the
autumn of their Grade 8 year. (Please see the Application and Admissions
section for details). Successful applicants participate in an enriched course
of study during Grade 9 and 10, and begin the IB Diploma Program in their Grade
11 year. Students in our IB Program earn both the IB Diploma and the Ontario
Secondary School Diploma. Please note that we are a full Diploma Program and do
not offer Subject Certificates.
Contact InformationIf
you have any questions and/or concerns, please contact the
IB Programme Coordinator:
Benjamin
Law
benjamin.law@yrdsb.ca